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Posted by: George Hedreen, Miles Watson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
Great news from Mount Baker!
RMI Guide George Hedreen and team have reached the summit of Mount Baker via the North Ridge Route and checked in from the top. George reported good climbing conditions, a bit of smoke in the area, and no thunderstorms despite the forecast calling for possible afternoon activity.The team is now descending via the Coleman-Deming Route and is expected to be back in camp this afternoon.
Congratulations to George and the entire team on a successful summit of Mount Baker!
Posted by: Jackson Breen, George Hedreen, Seth Burns, Drew O’Brien, Annie Chapman, Oliver Kendall, Edward Barrett, Liam Moore
Categories: Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four-Day climb led by RMI guides Jackson Breen and George Hedreen reached the summit of Mt Rainier this morning around 5:45am. They reported beautiful weather and a lovely morning to stand on top. They are currently on their descent back to Camp Muir and will return to Ashford this afternoon.
Great work up there!
Posted by: Mike King, George Hedreen
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,700'
The Four Day Climb led by RMI Guides Mike King and George Hedreen turned around shortly after departing Camp Muir early this morning due to high winds. According to RMI Guide Mike King, wind gusts reached up to 70 mph.
The team has begun its descent and is expected to return to Rainier Basecamp in Ashford, Washington, early this afternoon.
Posted by: George Hedreen, Margo Kerr
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
RMI's Custom Four Day Climb led by George Hedreen found summit success this morning around 7:30 a.m.
The teams reported high winds and were on the decent to Camp Muir shortly afterwards.
They'll return to Ashford later this afternoon.
Great job team!
Posted by: Dustin Wittmier, George Hedreen, Rosie Hust, Mac Nolde, Sam Traylor, Rylee Ericson, Edward Barrett
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Four Day Climb teams June 29 - 2 July led by RMI Guides Dustin Wittmier & George Hedreen reached the summit of Mt. Rainier today after 6 am. The teams enjoyed some time in the crater, crossing to the true summit, before beginning their descent from the crater rim. The teams will return to Camp Muir for a short break before continuing down to Paradise later today. They will conclude their program with a short ceremony later today.
Nice work team!
Go Rachel!!!!!
Posted by: Alicia on 7/3/2026 at 12:04 pm
Posted by: Mike King, George Hedreen, Nick Sinapius, Matt Kelly, Ben Stimson, Sam Traylor, Rylee Ericson, Megan Ochalek
Categories: Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,080'
The four-day climb stayed at Camp Muir today and were unable to climb due to heavy snow and wind. Gusts were nearly 60 miles per hour overnight.
Way to stay strong up there team!
Posted by: George Hedreen, Ben Thorneycroft, Robert Whyte, Nina Bridges
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 9,440'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons, June 13–18, led by RMI Guide George Hedreen, had planned to make their summit attempt from Camp Schurman last night. However, high winds prevented the team from proceeding as scheduled. The group remained at Camp Schurman as the forecasted winds did indeed materialize.
Today, the team may spend additional time training on the mountain before spending one more night in camp. They will begin their descent to the trailhead tomorrow and are expected to return to Ashford tomorrow afternoon.
We look forward to welcoming them back and hearing about their experience on the mountain.
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Julian Kral, Kat Porter, Dan Harper, George Hedreen, Dylan Anderson, CJ Rogers, Sam Traylor
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 13,300'
The Four-Day Climb (June 5 - 8) led by Dave Hahn and George Hedreen turned at 13,300' today due to deteriorating weather. They will be back in Ashford this afternoon.
Posted by: George Hedreen, Will Ambler, Jack Ritterson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,410'
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz May 29 - 3 June led by RMI Guide George Hedreen reached the summit of Mt. Rainier yesterday. The team established their High Camp yesterday afternoon and then made their summit attempt and returned to camp. Today the team will descend to Paradise and conclude their program.
Nice work team!
CONGRATULATIONS Team! Holden you showed that summit whose boss!
Posted by: Marlene linden on 6/3/2026 at 4:38 pm
Posted by: Sam Hoffman, Hannah Billings, Annie Chapman, George Hedreen, Stella Johnson, David Rathbun
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,080'
The Four Day Climb May 13 - 17 reached Camp Muir yesterday afternoon weathering the difficult conditions with smiles on their faces dispite the snow flakes whipping through the air.
Once the team reached Camp Muir, they were treated to clear skies above and a cloud deck below 9,900'. The team was unable to make a summit attempt due to the weather including several feet of new snow causing unsafe conditions. They are descending from Camp Muir and will return to Rainier BaseCamp in the early afternoon.


So proud of both of you and your team! Amazing views. I hope you had an adventure of a lifetime! We look forward to seeing you soon and to seeing all the photos and hearing all about the adventure. We love you both so much.
Posted by: Kavita Erickson on 8/3/2026 at 7:59 am
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